• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    18·
    5 months ago

    Here are two of my old kitties that I miss dearly.

    That was ‘Tig’ a bengal. He was an arsehole but I respected that. probably noisiest little fucker i’ve ever met.

    And that was ‘Sheba’ an abby. Probably the sweetest cat I’ve had. When I snored she’d sit on my chest staring down at me, I’d wake up and I think she was impressed by the noise. When I get another cat it’ll be one of those.

  • Catfish@aussie.zone
    16·
    5 months ago

    I can’t deliver baby cat pics of the current pair, but here is last time I adopted a tiny one. Still miss him so much.

    baby cat baby cat

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    12·
    5 months ago

    Toddler woke up screaming, woke the cat. While im settling the toddler cats giving me this look of death. I said sorry. He replied by going to claw the shit out of the armchair

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    11·
    5 months ago

    One last old kitty photo:

    She (Sheba) was always so devved when it was silverside was not her thing. She would just stand there and silently protest.

  • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    5 months ago

    ah crap… I think I’ve picked myself up a sick while I was near other humans. That’ll teach me to leave the apartment.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    9·
    5 months ago

    Yep, last night I spooned some of the beef broth into a bowl, let it cool to a safe temperature and Melbcat eagerly drained it. It got the thumbs up. Seems it has to be homemade and very plain with nothing weird added.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    9·
    5 months ago

    I started the day off with a walk and a hearty breakfast.

    One load of washing has been hung. A leg of lamb has been pulled from the freezer to defrost. The sun is shining, the cat is purring on my lap, so far today is shaping up to be a very good day.

  • Nath@aussie.zone
    9·
    5 months ago

    I’ve had this low-priority to-do in the back of my head for years - “Learn Python”. I’ve just never needed to get across it for any reason when there are other languages I’m more familiar with.

    But now my oldest is leaning Python at school. First coding lessons stuff. They’ve got some Logo (the old turtle drawing basic scripting thingy that I learned in the 80’s) module they load and then they’re combining Python and Logo code to draw stuff. It’s actually pretty fun. I find myself debugging his code though. Which is a problem when I don’t know the language syntax.

    Watching a complete novice approach a simple problem, I’ve really, really taken for granted how to think like a coder. No wonder people think nerds are from another planet. The problems coders face literally require you to think differently.

    So anyway, I’ve started learning Python. I hope I find real uses for it beyond helping the kids with homework.

    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
      2·
      5 months ago

      I’ve been meaning to look at it as well. I’m interested in how I could automate things with it.

      Have a look at the game engine Godot as well. Its programming language, Gscript, is based on python. It might be a good way to keep your kids interested in coding

  • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
    8·
    5 months ago
    vomitting

    Fucking hell. I couldn’t put it off anymore. I threw up. In a train toilet.

    I managed to make it to the toilet at least, and it mostly went into the toilet, but it’s on my shirt, and my nose is absolutely fucked. I don’t really know what to do, so I’m just hiding in the toilet

    Edit (1 hour later):

    spoiler

    It happened again. This time everybody’s back on the train. I did not make it to the toilet, although did make it to the toilet room

    • Catfish@aussie.zone
      6·
      5 months ago

      Do you have some variety of tour guide/excursion leader? Please report ill. Hiding in the loo won’t help anything. Minimum you need fluids and somebody to collect you from destination.

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        There are, all volunteers though. Also we’re in the middle of the outback and on our way towards home but won’t arrive until tomorrow evening. We do have a stop at a hotel tonight at around 6-7pm, but there’s no way to get there sooner. I could potentially organise a lift from the hotel back home, but might not be able to

        • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
          3·
          5 months ago

          They can probably sort you out with some Panadol or Nurofen to help ease the inflammation a little. Probably can get you some plain bread or something at lunch. When you stop for lunch find a spot in the sun and get some fluids into you. I’m sorry you got sick on your adventure.

        • Catfish@aussie.zone
          3·
          5 months ago

          Not ideal. Still please speak up to whomever. If it’s not motion sickness you need care and semi quarantine. Best! 🍵💊

          • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
            3·
            5 months ago

            It’s not just me that’s sick. Nobody else is as a sick as me, but a few people came on the train on Thursday coughing and sneezing, and then over the last couple of days I’ve watched more and more people get sick

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
      2·
      5 months ago

      Consider some electrolyte drink if you’re vomiting a lot. Gatorade-like. Even a little sugar and salt in water will do most of what you want if you’ve limited supplies.

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
        4·
        5 months ago

        I got a Powerade and a flavoured (sugarless) water at the general store. Unfortunately it feels like it’s going to happen again soon

        Edit: about 30 seconds after posting this it happened again

  • Aradina [She/They]English
    8·
    5 months ago

    First morning waking up at 7 instead of 8. Going to bring it down to 6 in a month or two. I normally suck at maintaining a sleep schedule, but this has been working.

    All I did was keep my phone out of my bed and set my lamp to turn on a minute before my alarm goes off. I’ve gone from seven alarms that fail to wake me up because I turn them off in my sleep down to one that wakes me.

    I think it’s a good thing, having a set schedule, and I like waking up early enough that it’s quiet outside still. So peaceful.

    So fucking cold though

    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
      4·
      5 months ago

      Congratulations on maintaining it on a public holiday, and working on your sleep schedule in winter